Hopefully, I can be self-critical and remember the lesson in the future: When we run up against a really freaking cool technology, writers, enthusiasts and techies need to be willing to point out the flaws obviously and quickly. Because only when the discourse includes limitations does it become an honest, vibrant debate.
Take Li-Fi. Doesn’t grounding the technology a bit actually make it more exciting?
This ‘imperfect technology that could actually become a real thing’ is way cooler than ‘check out this unbelievable product that doesn’t really exist.’
例えばLi-Fi(ライファイ)。発展し過ぎているテクノロジーを少し抑えていくだけで、却ってワクワクしそうな話になってるだろう?
「ちょっとまだ未完成だけどいつかリアルになるテクノロジー」の方が「見てみろよこの信じられないほどすごい架空製品」よりもずっとカッコイイという事だ。